Broom



S. CANTOR.

BROOM. APPLICATION FILED NOV.11, 1920.

1,390,882. Patented p 13, 1921.

nwmmle 470/0070 27 6177770.

A TTOR/VEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BROOM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 13, 1921.

Application filed November 11, 1920. Serial No. 423,426.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I SOLOMON CAN'roR, a citizenof the United states, and a resident of the city of New York, borough ofManhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, haveinvented a new and Improved Broom, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

his invention relates to improvements in brooms, and more particularlyto doubleended brooms which are capable of reversal so that both ends ofthe broom can be used and thus result in economy to the user.

A further object is to provide a doubleended broom having an improvedarrangement of corn or straw whereby the smaller ends of the corn orstraw are at the outer ends of the broom and the larger or thicker endsof the corn or straw are at the intermediate portion Of the broom, andthis is accomplished by forming the broom of two independent clusters orsets of corn or straw having their inner larger ends clamped orotherwise fixed together so that the broom at its intermediate portionis contracted and at both ends is given the desired flare.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, and combinations and arrangements ofparts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out inthe claims. 7

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a view mainly in elevation,but partly broken away, illustrating my improved broom.

Fig. 2 is an edge view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view in longitudinal section through the intermediateportion of the broom.

My improved broom as illustrated clearly in the drawings, consists oftwo clusters 1 and 2 which are formed of any desired quantity ofordinary broom corn, and for purposes of descriptlon we shallhereinafter refer to the parts 1 and 2 as brushes, the two brushestogether constituting a broom.

The brushes 1 and 2 while reversely positioned, are constructedprecisely alike. 'Each brush is so made that the larger or thicker endsof the broom corn or straw are rigidly clamped and secured together bymeans of lines of stitching 3 or other form of securing means. Thesebrushes are independently made and are contracted at the larger inner;ends of the corn or straw and are permitted to expand or flare at theouter ends of the brushes.

The two brushes 1 and 2 are rigidly secured together to form my improveddoubleended broom by means of a clamp 4 which consists of a pair ofsheet metal members 5 and 6 having overlapping ends and fitting aroundthe inner ends of the brushes which constitute the intermediate portionof the broom, and secured in place preferably by rivets 7 which extendthrough the corn and form an effectual binding means to hold the partsrigidly together.

Integral outwardly projecting webs 8 are formed on the clamp 4, orrather on the members 5 and 6 thereof, and these webs havecorrespondingly reduced and enlarged ends to telescope one within theother as shown at 9 in Fig. 2. These webs 8 not only form reenforcingand strengthening means but guiding means for a broom support, which,however, forms no part of the pres ent invention as I desire in thisapplication to cover the broom broadly.

It will, therefore, be noted that I provide a broom which consists oftwo clusters of corn or straw forming brushes with the smaller ends ofthe corn or straw at the outer ends of the brushes and the larger orthicker ends of the corn rigidly clamped and secured together at theirinner ends, thereby forming a double-ended broom having at both ends thethin ends of the corn or straw.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangementof the parts described without departing from the lnvention, and hence Ido not limit myself to the precise details set forth, but considermyself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fallwithin the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A broom, comprising a pair of brushes, each brush having the largerends of the straw or corn compressed and secured to gether and thesmaller ends of the straw or corn flared apart, said brushes locatedwith their larger straw ends together, a clamp comprising a pair ofmetal plates secured to the adjacent ends of both brushes, and webs onthe plates, said webs at the ends of the plates having interlockingengagement.

2. A broom, comprising a pair ofbrushes,

each brush having the larger ends of the said clamps having laterallyoffset hollow straw or corn compressed and secured tobeads, the beads ofone clamp member fitgether and the smaller ends of the straw ting withinthe other, and rivets projected 10 or corn flared apart, said brushesbeing 10- through the clamp members and through cated with their largerstraw ends abutting, the brushes.

a clamp comprising a pair of metal plates secured to the adjacent endsof both brushes, SOLOMON OANTOR.

